Synonym: O.K., accept, endorse, like, ratify, think well of. Antonym: differ, disagree, disapprove, object. Similar words: approve of, approval, approach, appropriate, improved, approximately, appreciation, province. Meaning: [ə'pruːv] 
v. 1. give sanction to 2. judge to be right or commendable; think well of.
v. 1. give sanction to 2. judge to be right or commendable; think well of. 
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31. Mother didn't approve of John.
32. He doesn't approve of smoking.
33. He will approve such steps.
34. She didn't approve of their choice of reading matter.
35. He didn't approve of the plan and said so in as many words.
36. You may not approve of what he did, but he's still your brother.
37. I don't approve of your getting married so young, but if you're determined to do so, it's on your own head.
38. They urged parliament to approve plans for their reform programme.
39. I'm bowing out of this scheme I don't approve of it.
40. I don't approve of violence in any shape or form.
41. Did the people at large approve of the government's policy?
42. All attempts at persuasion could not bring her to approve of her son's marriage.
43. Not to mince matters, I don't approve of my daughter going out with you because you are a married man.
44. Don't try and flatter her - she doesn't approve of creeps.
45. Can we deduce from your silence that you do not approve?
46. The Secretary of State has the power to approve the proposals.
47. He agreed to the interview, with the caveat that he could approve the final article.
48. The United Nations will approve his request for authorization to use military force to deliver aid.
49. He said he didn't approve of what I'd done, as if I cared.
50. Don't expect him to approve of your plan straight away.
51. We are a moral,(www.Sentencedict.com) ethical people and therefore we do not approve of their activities.
52. "I don't approve of that kind of language, " she said, pursing her lips.
53. Purists may not approve of the changes made to the text of the play in this production.
54. Surveys show that 75% of people approve of the new law.
55. We can't approve of this sort of thing/these sorts of things/things of this sort.
56. About ninety-five per cent of those who cast their votes approve the new constitution.
57. Everyone must approve the basic plan before the final details are drawn up.
58. My parents didn't approve of the marriage, so we eloped.
59. We must not take it for granted that the board of the directors will approve of the investment plan.
60. They think I'm an old fuddy-duddy because I don't approve of tattoos.
More similar words: approve of, approval, approach, appropriate, improved, approximately, appreciation, province, provide, provoke, provider, provided, provision, controversy, controversial, over and over, apple, apply, happy, appeal, appear, happen, happily, apply for, apparent, appoint, apply to, happen to, appeal to, disappear.